Chapter 36. The Equation of Sangha Dhana
Sangha
Dhana is a practice
in Buddhism where an individual, either a lay devotee or monastic member,
offers or gives something to the monastic community or the Sangha order
which comprises of four or more Buddhist monks.
According to
the Lord Buddha, the Sangha Dhana is karmically more fruitful than the
giving made to (a) specific individual(s) who is a Buddhist Saint. The key practice in Sangha Dhana is to
offer or give to the whole monastic group or order without specifying the recipient
whether he (Bhikkhu) or she (Bhikkuni) is a Buddhist Saint or
not.
However,
when all of the factors in Sangha Dhana are equal, the offering or
giving will be karmically more fruitful if the recipient-monks are Buddhist
Saints who are regarded as better in quality as well as more in quantity or
number.
Hence, we
can derive a Dhammonomic equation of Sangha Dhana based on the equation
of generosity whereas the ‘recipient’ factor is expressed as [(x1y)
+ (x2y) + (x3y) + (x4y)
+… (xa+y)] whereas each function of ‘x’ represents each
recipient with different or similar quality of Buddhist Sainthood (y) whilst
the functions of (x) are available in number (a) at least four or more with an
exception that a Buddhist monk(s) is assigned to represent a Sangha Order or
monastic community in receiving the Sangha Dhana.
Finally, the whole functions of (x) is to the power of "s" which yields the merit energy in manifold when the factors of Sangha Dhana are fulfilled or completed per the Lord Buddha's requirements.
By Pirajak S. (Pittaya Wong)
29 November 2020
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